i have think we deserve better than went diz paskin-jordan. wendy paskin-jordan. i have think there is someone better that can fill our position. please, board of supervisors, if you're not ready to reject her reappointment, i think there's plenty of reasons to do it right now, however, if you're not ready, at least vote in favor of the motion for a special meeting. she should be here. she should not be missing an action once again. thank you. >> good afternoon board of supervisorses, my name is patricia jackson and i'm a city retiree. i want to speak in favor of the suggestions is that were made here by supervisor avalos to have the mayor rescind this appointment and come back in january when it can be further investigated. there have of those very corporations that are gentry gentrification our city. i want to speak in favor of the motion. i'd like to suggest too that for the future, let us consider appointees, if they're going to be made by the mayor, that perhaps they should come from some other part of our economy, someone who understands or economy or altern

i'm supporting the appointment of p wendy jordan. she's been a fair person, easy to talk to and able to listen. whether she takes a meeting or doesn't take a meeting, that's up to her personal interest. the difference between being a trustee and a member of the board of supervisors is we are elected to serve people and our constituents and we have the responsibility to be accountable to folks. what's interesting is when you're a fizz fiduciary is you're supposed to be a political. our number one role [inaudible] when we retire. so i'm vested to make sure that this fund grows and i'm sure many of you are interested in making sure this fund grows. i am not interested in scheduling another meeting to sit at a whole. i think if the ethics commission finds her to be in any kind of violation i think we can take up the matter then. i want to reminds people that the ethics commission could take almost a year to review this process so we could be in limbo for a long time. >> thank you supervisor cohen. supervisor avalos. >> thank you. well, l

there's 56,000 meme that people that are affected i this amazing city i would not appoint wendy paskin-jordan to this position. i would be talking with people here today, people in the rooms who have already talked about who to appoint who's going to say yes in my backyard to an inclusive, enriching and sustainable future for our city. >> thank you. any other members of the public who wish to speak on items 46 and 47. seeing none, public comment is now closed. item 47, supercampos. >> i want to summarize for my perspective, i'm not interested? a witch hunt or targeting this individual, but i feel when questions of this magnitude arise, in terms of protecting the interest of everyone involved, the retirees, the employees, the public and the individual, it's important to have a good process. the way this would normally work is that once the appointment was made and the 30 day notice is provided to the board the item goes to the rules committee where there's an opportunity to hear directly from the nominee, the applicant. unfortunate ly because of how things worked out here we haven't that had t

i don't feel like i have enough information to understand whether approving the appointment of wendy jordan is going to be an approval that has cleared her from all the investigations that are going on related to complaints have been made about her position on the retirement board. there have been two stories that have come out just recently last friday or saturday and yesterday. i did have a conversation with commissioner jordan on friday and what she had to say to me sounded reasonable, but at someone who's not well versed in the rules, even though i see language for the rules for how [inaudible] is conducted i'm not sure how it measures up to ethics laws and i'm not clear there's a real investigation underway and what's the result of the investigation that have been conducted and then sent out. it's not clear. even talking to ms. jordan it wasn't clear either so for me i feel best that -- i wasn't really sure how the process -- if it was going to have the right process for the appointment. i know that she had been sworn in about maybe a month ago, i don't recall the exact date, and at th

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